Yellow-vented flowerpecker

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Yellow-vented flowerpecker
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker in Guwahati, Assam, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dicaeidae
Genus: Dicaeum
Species:
D. chrysorrheum
Binomial name
Dicaeum chrysorrheum
Temminck, 1829

The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[2] Along with D. melanoxanthum, D. agile, and D. everetti, it is often referred to as an “odd” Dicaeum species because of unique characteristics separating it from other species within the family.[3] While most species have vestigial outermost primary feathers, those of the yellow-vented flowerpecker are elongated.[3]

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  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Dicaeum chrysorrheum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22717484A94534755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22717484A94534755.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Dicaeum chrysorrheum: Classification Schemes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b Nyári, Árpád S.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Rice, Nathan H.; Moyle, Robert G. (2009-12-01). "Phylogenetic relationships of flowerpeckers (Aves: Dicaeidae): Novel insights into the evolution of a tropical passerine clade". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (3): 613–619. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.014. hdl:1808/6569. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19576993.

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